{"id":12506,"date":"2024-06-14T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12506"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:23:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:23:02","slug":"assam-witnessed-36-8-more-suicides-last-year-than-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/assam-witnessed-36-8-more-suicides-last-year-than-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam witnessed 36.8% more suicides last year than 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assamlast year recorded 3,243 suicides, an <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/average\">Average<\/a> of 8.88 daily, which was an increase of 36.8% over the previous year. More than 50% of those who took their lives were unemployed and daily wage earners, according to the latest data from the Centre.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 974 unemployed people and 789 daily wage earners died by suicide during the pandemic-hit lockdown period accounting for over 54% of the total suicide victims in the state in 2020, the report showed. Out of 3,243 suicides, 2,337 were male and 906 female, it added.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an increase in the number of suicides among students. About 390 committed suicides <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> in 2020 compared to 357 in 2019. According to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), family problems accounted for 42.7% of the suicides in 2020, while love affairs also claimed 13.38% lives. Assam also saw 10 cases of mass or family suicides where 10 people lost their lives.<br \/> The suicide rate (per lakh <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/population\">Population<\/a>) also increased from 6.9 in 2019 to 9.3 last year, the NCRB, which functions under the Union ministry of <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/home\">Home<\/a> affairs (MHA), stated on Thursday. The national average of the rate is 11.3.<\/p>\n<p>A total of <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> 2,011 people, whose annual earnings were less than Rs 1 lakh and 998 others, who earned Rs 1 lakh and above but less than Rs 5 lakh, committed suicide. 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